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08 October 2002


ISRAEL: Five refuseniks newly imprisoned


Five refuseniks have been again imprisoned in Israel, three of them for the second or third time.


Jonathan Ben-Artzi (ISR12371) was sentenced to 21 days imprisonment in Military Prison No 4 on 1 October. This is his third prison term. He was sentenced to 28 days imprisonment on 8 August, and again on 4 September 2002.


Uri Ya'akovi (ISR12376) was sentenced to a third term in prison too, this time to 7 days (on 1 October). On 14 August he was sentenced to 14 days, and on 1 September he was sentenced to 28 days in prison. He spent his last term of seven days in Military Prison No 4.


Dror Broimel (ISR12373) was sentenced to 28 days in Military Prison No 6 on 26 September. This is his second prison term. He was sentenced first on 5 September 2002.


Staff Sgt. Yuval Daphny (ISR12666) was sentenced to 21 days in Military Prison No 6 on 3 October.


Staff Sgt. Noam Gefen (ISR1267) was confined to base for 28 days on 26 September.


War Resisters' International calls for letters of support to these imprisoned conscientious objectors.


Jonathan Ben-Artzi
Uri Ya'akovi
Military Prison No 4
Military Postal Code 02507
IDF, Israel


Dror Boimel
Staff Sgt. Yuval Daphny
Military Prison No 6
Military Postal Code 01860
IDF, Israel


War Resisters' International calls for protest letters to the Israeli authorities, and Israeli embassies abroad.


War Resisters' International calls for the immediate release of all imprisoned conscientious objectors.


Andreas Speck
War Resisters' International



ADDRESSES
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Mr. Binyamin Ben-Eliezer,
Minister of Defence,
Ministry of Defence,
37 Kaplan st.,
Tel-Aviv 61909,
Israel.
e-mail: mailto: sar@mod.gov.il or mailto: pniot@mod.gov
Fax: ++972-3-696-27-57 / ++972-3-691-69-40 / ++972-3-691-79-15


Commander of Military Prison No. 4,
Military Postal Code 02507
IDF, Israel
Fax: ++972-3-957-52-76


Commander of Military Prison No 6
Military Prison No 6
Military postal number 01860,
IDF
Israel.
FAX: ++972-4-869-28-84


Addresses of Israeli media:
Ma'ariv:
2 Karlibach st.
Tel-Aviv 67132
Israel
Fax: ++972-3-561-06-14
e-mail:  editor@maariv.co.il


Yedioth Aharonoth:
2 Moses st.
Tel-Aviv
Israel
Fax: ++972-3-608-25-46


Ha'aretz (Hebrew):
21 Schocken st.
Tel-Aviv, 61001
Israel
Fax: ++972-3-681-00-12


Ha'aretz (English edition):
21 Schocken st.
Tel-Aviv, 61001
Israel
Fax: ++972-3-512-11-56
e-mail:  letters@haaretz.co.il


Jerusalem Post:
POB 81
Jerusalem 91000
Israel
Fax: ++972-2-538-95-27
e-mail:  news@jpost.co.il or  letters@jpost.co.il


Jerusalem Report:
Fax: ++972-2-537-94-89


Radio (fax numbers):
Kol-Israel ++972-2-531-33-15 and ++972-3-694-47-09
Galei Tzahal ++972-3-512-67-20


Television (fax numbers):
Channel 1 ++972-2-530-15-36
Channel 2 ++972-2-533-98-09


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